NEW ORLEANS – Super Lawyers Magazine’s 2015 Louisiana Super Lawyers lists are out and many of New Orleans’ own made the cut.
Five attorneys from Fisher & Phillips, LLP New Orleans have been included, an honor bestowed on less than 5 percent of lawyers in Louisiana. Within the Employment and Labor category, those listed from the firm include Managing Partner Keith Pyburn, Jr., Senior Partner Robert McCalla, Partner Edward Harold, Partner Michael Mitchell and Partner Timothy Scott.
The law firm’s associates Michelle Anderson and Tabatha George were also included in the 2015 Louisiana “Rising Stars,” another exclusive Super Lawyers list recognizing 2.5 percent of Louisiana lawyers under 40 years of age or in practice for 10 years or less.
Six attorneys from Chehardy Sherman have been named 2015 Super Lawyers as well including Steven E. Hayes, Estate and Probate, Conrad Meyer, IV, Estate and Probate, Julian R. Murray, Jr., Criminal Defense and White Collar, David R. Sherman, Business and Corporate, P.J. Stakelum, III, Business Litigation and Preston L. Hayes, a “Rising Star” in General Litigation.
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
The Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars” lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazine and published as a special section in leading city and regional magazines across the country including Louisiana Life and St. Charles Avenue.
The Top 50 2015 New Orleans Super Lawyers include:
Donald R. Abaunza – Liskow & Lewis
Marguerite L. Adams – Liskow & Lewis
Barry W. Ashe – Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC
Judy Y. Barrasso – Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC
Brent B. Barriere – Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, LLP
Walter F. Becker, Jr. – Chaffe McCall, LLP
Kim M. Boyle – Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Craig L. Caesar – Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. – Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, LLC
Roy C. Cheatwood – Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
R. Keith Colvin – Jones Walker, LLP
Robert J. David – Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, LLC
Nancy Scott Degan – Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Douglas S. Draper – Heller, Draper, Patrick, Horn & Dabney, LLC
Ewell (Tim) E. Eagan, Jr. – Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, LLC
S. Gene Fendler – Liskow & Lewis
Thomas M. Flanagan – Flanagan Partners, LLP
James M. Garner – Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, LLC
Glenn G. Goodier – Jones Walker, LLP
Pauline F. Hardin – Jones Walker, LLP
Jan M. Hayden – Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
C. Peck Hayne, Jr. – Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, LLC
Russ M. Herman – Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC
Stephen J. Herman – Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC
James B. Irwin – Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, LLC
Brian D. Katz – Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC
Patricia A. Krebs – King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC
Stephen H. Kupperman – Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC
Steven J. Lane – Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC
Wayne J. Lee – Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC
Gerald E. Meunier – Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, LLC
Edith H. Morris – Morris, Lee & Bayle, LLC
Stephen B. Murray – Murray Law Firm
Max Nathan, Jr. – Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, LLC
Carole Cukell Neff – Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, LLC
H. Minor Pipes, III – Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC
Denise C. Puente – Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP
Keith M. Pyburn, Jr. – Fisher & Phillips, LLP
James H. Roussel – Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Howard Shapiro – Proskauer Rose, LLP
Danny G. Shaw – Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Leopold Z. Sher – Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, LLC
H. Bruce Shreves – Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP
Richard C. Stanley – Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, LLC
Susan G. Talley – Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC
Frank P. Tranchina, Jr. – Tranchina & Mansfield, LLC
Steven W. Usdin – Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC
R. Patrick Vance – Jones Walker, LLP
Sterling Scott Willis – Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, LLP
Phillip A. Wittmann – Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC
